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Recognised as Colour

#036DF5

  • #036DF5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#036DF5 is a blue with RGB values 3, 109, 245 and HSL 214°, 98%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#036DF5#036DF5
HEX#036DF5
RGBrgb(3, 109, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.4275, 0.9608
RGB percentages1.2%, 42.7%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(213.7, 97.6%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.7, 98.8%, 96.1%)
CMYK98.8%, 55.5%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer224,757
CSS custom property--colour: #036DF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#FC920A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007FFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#0090A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 9.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.2Slate blue · ΔE 19.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 23Medium purple · ΔE 27.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F58B03
Analogous#03E6F5, #1203F5
Triadic#F5036D, #6DF503
Split complementary#F51203, #E6F503
Tetradic#F503E6, #F58B03, #03F512

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6DEFE
Lighter +30%#93C2FE
Lighter +20%#61A5FD
Lighter +10%#2F89FC
Darker −10%#0257C3
Darker −20%#024090
Darker −30%#012A5E
Darker −40%#01132B
More saturated +25%#006DF8
Less saturated −25%#2271D6

Channel breakdown

R3
G109
B245
Red3 (1.2%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue213.72°
Saturation (HSL)97.58%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 6D · B F5

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